"other arrangements for filming. The move also necessitated moves in the show's storyline as well, hence the family's move from the fictitious town of Bryant Park (in the Midwestern United States) to North Hollywood, California, although the town is never officially mentioned, simply just the city of Los Angeles. Fred MacMurray was the only actor to appear in every episode of the series. Reportedly, MacMurray's contract stipulated that he work only 65 days per year. His scenes for each season were produced in two blocks of filming. He would report to the Desilu-Gower lot in late May and work 35"
"participated in the ""My Three Sons"" 50th-Anniversary Reunion at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, California. Most surviving cast members appeared at the event except for Dawn Lyn, who was living in Germany at the time, and Don Grady, who prior to his death in 2012 was in Europe for that summer receiving treatment for cancer. Tim Considine Timothy Daniel Considine (born December 31, 1940) is an American former child actor and young adult actor of the late 1950s and early 1960s. He later became a writer, photographer, and automotive historian. Considine was born to a show business"
"Donna Corcoran Donna Corcoran (born September 29, 1942) is an American former child actress who appeared in several Hollywood films of the early 1950s. She most notably appeared in two aquatic musicals that featured Esther Williams (playing swimmer Annette Kellerman as a child in one of them), and as a vulnerable girl being victimized by an emotionally disturbed babysitter (played by Marilyn Monroe) in a more serious drama, ""Don't Bother to Knock"". After making her last film in 1955, she made a token comeback as a young adult in an episode of the long-running television sit-com ""My Three Sons"" (starring"
"34th Street"". She was a resident of the New Jersey township of Teaneck, a suburb of New York City, where she had settled after returning to her Jewish roots and marrying Avi Aviner, who had been a communal leader to the Jews of Tokyo. She died on December 11, 2011, due to thyroid cancer and was buried in Kedumim. Susan Gordon Susan Lynn Gordon (July 27, 1949 — December 11, 2011) was an American child actress who appeared in films and numerous episodes of television programs such as ""The Twilight Zone"", ""My Three Sons"", and ""The Donna Reed Show"". Gordon"
"Beverly Garland Beverly Lucy Garland (née Fessenden; October 17, 1926 – December 5, 2008) was an American actress. Her work in feature films primarily consisted of small parts in a few major productions or leads in low-budget action or science fiction movies. On television, she had prominent recurring roles on several popular series. She may be best remembered as Barbara Harper Douglas, the woman who married widower Steve Douglas (Fred MacMurray) in the latter years of the sitcom ""My Three Sons"". She played in that role from 1969 until the series concluded in 1972. In the 1980s, she co-starred as"
"Theurer, daughter of Herman Theurer and Lillie Sjoberg, who due to her activism on health issues in the motion picture industry in October 1960 was named California lay-chairman of the ANA fundraising campaign. Demarest's favorite recreations were hunting, fishing, golf, and playing the cello. He died in Palm Springs, California, and was interred in Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park. At the time of his death, he was suffering from prostate cancer and pneumonia. William Demarest Carl William Demarest (February 27, 1892 – December 27, 1983) was an American character actor, known for playing Uncle Charley in ""My Three Sons"". A"
"Barry Livingston Barry Gordon Livingston (born December 17, 1953) is an American television and film actor, known for his role as ""Ernie Douglas"" on the television series ""My Three Sons"" (1963–72). He is the younger brother of actor/director Stanley Livingston, who played Ernie's older brother ""Chip"" on the show. Livingston was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Lillian Rochelle ""Marilyn"" Palyash and Hilliard Livingston. He began his career as a child actor in the late 1950s. He considers his film debut a role he won as one of the sons of Paul Newman in the film ""Rally 'Round"
"Cathy and cousins Candy and Carolyn) and made a one-off appearance at the Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood in November. A subsequent appearance was made at the same club on April 13, 2014. Both nights were sold out and a success. Tina Cole Tina Cole (born August 4, 1943) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Katie Miller Douglas on the 1960s sitcom ""My Three Sons"" (1967–72), but she previously had a recurring role as Sunny Day in the detective series ""Hawaiian Eye"" (1963). She was also a member of the Four King"
"co-stars at a 50th anniversary celebration of the classic series at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills. Ronne Troup Ronne Troup (born June 10, 1945 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania) is an American actress and educator best known for her 1970–72 role as ""Polly Williams Douglas"" on the long-running sitcom ""My Three Sons"". Troup is the daughter of musician/actor Bobby Troup, and his first wife, Cynthia Hare, and the stepdaughter of actress/singer Julie London. Ronne Troup attended North Hollywood High School. She has been married three times. Troup's second marriage, to actor James Coleman (known for the 1975-76 television"
"Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. Solo The Girls from Petticoat Junction (Meredith MacRae, Linda Kaye Henning and Lori Saunders) Meredith MacRae Meredith Lynn MacRae (May 30, 1944 – July 14, 2000) was an American actress and singer known for her roles as Sally Morrison on ""My Three Sons"" (1963–1965) and as Billie Jo Bradley on ""Petticoat Junction"" (1966–1970). MacRae was born in Houston, Texas, to parents Gordon and Sheila MacRae. Her father was stationed with the Army Air Corps in Houston at the time of her birth. Both of her parents went on to be actors. She is"
"Three Sons Three Sons is a 1939 American drama film directed by Jack Hively using a screenplay by John Twist, based on the novel, ""Sweepings"" by Lester Cohen. Produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, and released on October 13, 1939, it is a remake of an earlier RKO film, ""Sweepings"" (1933). The film stars Edward Ellis, William Gargan, J. Edward Bromberg and Robert Stanton (whose real name was Kirby Grant, which he would use for most of his career). Gargan, who plays the uncle in this film, had played one of the sons in the earlier film. Daniel Pardway"
"Tina Cole Tina Cole (born August 4, 1943) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Katie Miller Douglas on the 1960s sitcom ""My Three Sons"" (1967–72), but she previously had a recurring role as Sunny Day in the detective series ""Hawaiian Eye"" (1963). She was also a member of the Four King Cousins, a subgroup of the King Family Singers. In 1963 she played the minor (uncredited) role of Ruth Stewart in ""Palm Springs Weekend"", a spring break party film set in Palm Springs, California. She also appeared previously in My Three Sons"
"mid-1950s, Hervey transitioned to television, appearing as a guest star on ""Perry Mason"", ""Honey West"", and ""My Three Sons"", the latter of which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Single Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role. Hervey appeared in occasional minor film roles in her later career, such as Gene Saks's ""Cactus Flower"" (1969) and Clint Eastwood's thriller ""Play Misty for Me"" (1971). Hervey died on December 20, 1998 of heart failure in Los Angeles. She had two children, one of whom is pop singer Jack Jones. Hervey was born Beulah Irene Herwick on July"
"murder of his wife. His most famous television role was in the ABC and then CBS sitcom ""My Three Sons"" from 1965 to 1972, playing Uncle Charley O'Casey. He replaced William Frawley, whose failing health had made procuring insurance impossible. Demarest had worked with Fred MacMurray previously in the films ""Hands Across the Table"" (1935), ""Pardon My Past"" (1945), ""On Our Merry Way"" (1948), and ""The Far Horizons"" (1955) and was a personal friend of MacMurray. Also, he worked with Irene Dunne in ""Never a Dull Moment"" (1950). Demarest received a single Academy Award nomination, for his supporting role in"
"of ""My Three Sons"" to still have an active Screen Actors Guild Card. Barry Livingston married his wife Karen in 1983. The couple has two children: Spencer (b. 1989) and Hailey (b. 1992). Barry Livingston Barry Gordon Livingston (born December 17, 1953) is an American television and film actor, known for his role as ""Ernie Douglas"" on the television series ""My Three Sons"" (1963–72). He is the younger brother of actor/director Stanley Livingston, who played Ernie's older brother ""Chip"" on the show. Livingston was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Lillian Rochelle ""Marilyn"" Palyash and Hilliard Livingston. He"
"8:30 pm, its old time slot. Nevertheless, ""My Three Sons"" ended its primetime run in the spring of 1972 after 12 years on the air. CBS also aired daytime reruns starting in September 1971 (only the CBS color shows), for about one season. The series' cast had several music connections. MacMurray began his career as a saxophone player during the 1930s, and sometimes played it on the series, as well as clarinet. Frawley had been a vaudeville actor and sang in the 1929 short film ""Fancy That"" as well as in the 1936 film ""The General Died at Dawn"" and"
"(1957). His television credits include ""Gang Busters"" (1952), ""Meet Corliss Archer"" (1954), ""Death Valley Days"" (1955), ""I Love Lucy"" (1954–56), ""Celebrity Playhouse"" (1956), ""Dragnet"" (1957), and ""Wagon Train"" (1958), ""General Electric Theater"" (1959), ""M Squad"" (1960), and ""My Three Sons"" (1961). Ken Christy Ken Christy (November 23, 1894—November 23, 1962), was an American television, film and radio character actor. His birthname was Robert Kenneth Christy. He was the second of three children of Alice Christy and Olivier B. Christy. Christy was born in Greenville, Pennsylvania. According to Census records, Christy had served in World War I. The actor started his"
"Meredith MacRae Meredith Lynn MacRae (May 30, 1944 – July 14, 2000) was an American actress and singer known for her roles as Sally Morrison on ""My Three Sons"" (1963–1965) and as Billie Jo Bradley on ""Petticoat Junction"" (1966–1970). MacRae was born in Houston, Texas, to parents Gordon and Sheila MacRae. Her father was stationed with the Army Air Corps in Houston at the time of her birth. Both of her parents went on to be actors. She is the sister of William Gordon MacRae, Robert Bruce MacRae, and Heather MacRae. She credited her parents with instilling a proper work"
"never produced after a casting dispute between the two men. Peter Tewksbury Peter Tewksbury (March 21, 1923 – February 20, 2003) was an American film and television director who directed ""Sunday in New York"" with Jane Fonda in 1963, the ""Father Knows Best"" TV series (131 episodes, 1954-1960), and a pair of Elvis Presley movies. He directed the entire first season of the television situation comedy ""My Three Sons"" and also frequently served as a producer and writer for the series. He also created ""It's a Man's World (TV series),"" and collaborated with J.D. Salinger on a film adaptation of"
"'60s pop group Yellow Balloon. Musical arranger Frank De Vol, who did the toe-tapping theme, scored over thirty motion pictures and arranged for such vocalists as Sarah Vaughan, Jack Jones, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, Vic Damone, Dinah Shore, Doris Day, and Jaye P. Morgan. ""My Three Sons"" had 36 episodes each in the first two seasons. The series had more than thirty episodes in each of the first eight seasons; the episode output then decreased by two episodes until the eleventh season, which had twenty-four episodes, along with the twelfth season. The first five seasons were filmed"
"long-time home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Edmund Hartmann Edmund Hartmann (September 24, 1911 – November 28, 2003) was a US television writer and producer from the 1930s to the 1970s. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He attended Washington University in St. Louis. He later married and had one child (Susan Hartmann). Hartmann worked with numerous actors including Bob Hope. He produced the television classic ""My Three Sons"" for ten seasons from 1962 and also produced ""Family Affair"". Both shows were filmed by Don Fedderson Productions. He was a great-grandfather to seven children and a grandfather to four."
"licensing agreement with Capitol only covered broadcast rights, not home video rights, and clearing the music for home video release with the individual composers who worked on the Capitol recordings was deemed cost-prohibitive. The Capitol scores were replaced instead with more modern, synthesized music. The original theme tune by Frank DeVol has been left unaltered; his musical scores in later seasons of the show, written specifically for the series, would less-likely be affected by licensing problems if the later seasons were released on DVD. My Three Sons My Three Sons is an American sitcom. The series ran from 1960 to"
"James Kiberd James Kiberd (born July 6, 1949 in Providence, Rhode Island) is an American actor. He is perhaps most famous for his role as Trevor Dillon on the soap opera ""All My Children"", which he played from 1989 to 2000. A popular character from the beginning, he was paired in relationships with the character Natalie Marlowe (Kate Collins), Laurel Banning (Felicity LaFortune) and later, Natalie's nutty twin sister Janet Green (played also by Kate Collins, later by Robin Mattson). He was the uncle of Hayley Vaughn (Kelly Ripa); for years, Hayley lovingly called him ""Uncle Porkchop,"" while he affectionately"
"Susan Gordon Susan Lynn Gordon (July 27, 1949 — December 11, 2011) was an American child actress who appeared in films and numerous episodes of television programs such as ""The Twilight Zone"", ""My Three Sons"", and ""The Donna Reed Show"". Gordon was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the daughter of film director Bert I. Gordon and his wife Flora (Lang). Susan began her career, at age eight, as a last minute substitute for another young actress in 1958's ""Attack of the Puppet People"", directed by her father, who subsequently directed her in three additional films — ""The Boy and the"
"advocacy on behalf of children worldwide, Kiberd was appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for the United States in 1995. James Kiberd James Kiberd (born July 6, 1949 in Providence, Rhode Island) is an American actor. He is perhaps most famous for his role as Trevor Dillon on the soap opera ""All My Children"", which he played from 1989 to 2000. A popular character from the beginning, he was paired in relationships with the character Natalie Marlowe (Kate Collins), Laurel Banning (Felicity LaFortune) and later, Natalie's nutty twin sister Janet Green (played also by Kate Collins, later by Robin Mattson). He"
"Dawn Lyn Dawn Lyn Nervik (born January 11, 1963) is a retired American actress best known for her role as Dodie Douglas during the last three seasons of the long-running family sitcom ""My Three Sons"". Her brother, Leif Garrett, is a singer and actor. Dawn Lyn Nervik was born in Los Angeles, California, to Carolyn Stellar and Rik Nervik. Her father was absent for most of her life. She and her older brother Leif Garrett began performing as child actors within a year or two of each other. She financially supported her mother and brother from 1969 until her brother's"
"Marya Stone in the episode ""What Did She Mean By Good Luck?"" on ""The Eleventh Hour"". She appeared in a season-one episode, ""Smoke Screen"", of ""The Fugitive"". In the 1964–1965 television season, she co-starred as Ellie Collins on ""The Bing Crosby Show"". She appeared in the 1968 feature film ""Pretty Poison"" but is best known for playing suburban mothers on ""My Three Sons"" and ""Scarecrow and Mrs. King"". Garland was featured on ""Remington Steele"" as the mother of Laura Holt (played by series star Stephanie Zimbalist). Her decades of television guest appearances include appearances on episodes of ""Twilight Zone"", ""Kung"
"Ed"", ""Peter Gunn"" and ""Perry Mason"" (in 1961), ""The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis"" and ""77 Sunset Strip"" (in 1962), ""77 Sunset Strip"", ""Perry Mason"" and ""Have Gun – Will Travel"" (in 1963), ""Burke's Law"" (in 1965), ""The Wild Wild West"", ""Cimarron Strip"" and ""The Monkees"" (in 1967), ""The Flying Nun"", ""I Spy"" and ""Gunsmoke"" (in 1968), ""Family Affair"" and ""My Three Sons"" (in 1969). There were 29 such television appearances in addition to 6 theatrical features, including vehicles for Marlon Brando (1961's ""One-Eyed Jacks""), Frank Sinatra, Deborah Kerr and Dean Martin (1965's ""Marriage on the Rocks"") as well as"
"Lisa Eilbacher Lisa Marie Eilbacher (born May 5, 1956) is an American actress. Lisa Marie Eilbacher was born on May 5, 1956 in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, the daughter of an American oil company executive. She was raised in France. Her sister Cindy is also an actress, best known for portraying Jerry Van Dyke's daughter on the series ""My Mother the Car"". Eilbacher started acting as a child, appearing on such shows as ""My Three Sons"" and ""Gunsmoke"". She later made a transition into adult roles on such shows like ""The Amazing Spider-Man"". Eilbacher is best known for her roles in"
"son, Richard. In the 1950 film ""Three Secrets"", Roman had portrayed a distraught mother waiting to learn whether or not her child had survived a plane crash. She and her son were separated from each other during the collision and evacuation. Rescued, Roman had to wait to learn her child's fate which resulted in a media frenzy for photos as she waited at the pier in New York City for her child's safe arrival aboard one of the rescue ships. Actress Betsy Drake, wife of movie star Cary Grant, also escaped from the sinking liner, as did Philadelphia mayor Richardson"
"Ronne Troup Ronne Troup (born June 10, 1945 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania) is an American actress and educator best known for her 1970–72 role as ""Polly Williams Douglas"" on the long-running sitcom ""My Three Sons"". Troup is the daughter of musician/actor Bobby Troup, and his first wife, Cynthia Hare, and the stepdaughter of actress/singer Julie London. Ronne Troup attended North Hollywood High School. She has been married three times. Troup's second marriage, to actor James Coleman (known for the 1975-76 television series ""S.W.A.T.""), produced daughters Bridget and Jamie. Troup's current husband is Bob Bayles. She has a sister, Cynnie (born"
"Cynthia Pepper Cynthia Pepper (born Cynthia Anne Culpepper, September 4, 1940) is an American actress whose principal work was accomplished during the early 1960s. In 1960, Pepper appeared in three episodes of two ABC/Warner Brothers detective series, ""Bourbon Street Beat"", with Andrew Duggan and Richard Long, and ""77 Sunset Strip"" with Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Roger Smith, and Edd Byrnes. In 1960-1961, she was cast as next-door teenager Jean Pearson, the romantic interest of young Mike Douglas, played by Tim Considine, in Fred MacMurray’s long-running ""My Three Sons"". The next year, Pepper starred in her own 26-week series, ""Margie"" in the"
"Cynthia Pepper Cynthia Pepper (born Cynthia Anne Culpepper, September 4, 1940) is an American actress whose principal work was accomplished during the early 1960s. In 1960, Pepper appeared in three episodes of two ABC/Warner Brothers detective series, ""Bourbon Street Beat"", with Andrew Duggan and Richard Long, and ""77 Sunset Strip"" with Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Roger Smith, and Edd Byrnes. In 1960-1961, she was cast as next-door teenager Jean Pearson, the romantic interest of young Mike Douglas, played by Tim Considine, in Fred MacMurray’s long-running ""My Three Sons"". The next year, Pepper starred in her own 26-week series, ""Margie"" in the"